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...earlier had been verbally abused and psychologically harassed with threats of death?mild treatment compared with the savagery inflicted on many Iranians during the Shah's rule and then later under Khomeini, though unconscionable nonetheless. But during a wrenching visit with the 52 at the U.S. military hospital in Wiesbaden, West Germany, Carter became appalled at the hostages' descriptions of their ordeal...
...rushed toward two blue buses. Colonel Schaefer, however, headed instead toward a crowd of spectators, embraced several onlookers and chatted with them. Did he know them? "No," he replied to a fellow passenger on the bus, "but it felt good." On the 25-mile ride to the hospital in Wiesbaden, one of the former hostages raised his hand and sought permission to ask a question. Another asked whether he could light a cigarette. They were reminded by one of the escorts that they were free now and could do what they wished...
...Wiesbaden a banner proclaimed WELCOME TO THE FREEDOM HOTEL. The returnees occupied either two-or four-bed hospital rooms along a blue-carpeted corridor with yellow ribbons festooned over each door. The Americans could watch three German TV channels, but preferred the English-language armed forces station. In a third-floor library they could catch up on U.S. newspapers and magazines and even watch video tapes recapping world events they had missed, ranging from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to the death of Mae West...
Phillip Lewis had some ready advice for his son Paul, who called from Wiesbaden. Lewis, who lives in a small farming community south of Chicago, had last heard from Paul when he had phoned from Hungary to say that his next diplomatic post would be in Tehran. "You damn fool," the father had said. "You don't know what you're getting into." This time when Paul called, Lewis said in mock seriousness, "Maybe you'll listen to your old man from now on." Despite her vast relief that her husband Barry was safe, Barbara Rosen of Brooklyn echoed...
After calling home, the Americans at Wiesbaden turned to a more tedious task: debriefings by intelligence officers and a series of medical and mental tests. Said a psychiatrist at the hospital: "We are looking for physical signs of stress, like migraines and ulcers. We try to spot signs of depression or suicidal tendencies. Hyperactive chatter is another sign of possible disturbance...